Bacterial Vaginosis Associated with Increased Risk of Female-to-Male HIV-1 Transmission: A Prospective Cohort Analysis among African Couples

BACKGROUND: Bacterial vaginosis (BV), a disruption of the normal vaginal flora, has been associated with a 60% increased risk of HIV-1 acquisition in women and higher concentration of HIV-1 RNA in the genital tract of HIV-1–infected women. However, whether BV, which is present in up to half of Afric...

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Autores principales: Cohen, Craig R., Lingappa, Jairam R., Baeten, Jared M., Ngayo, Musa O., Spiegel, Carol A., Hong, Ting, Donnell, Deborah, Celum, Connie, Kapiga, Saidi, Delany, Sinead, Bukusi, Elizabeth A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3383741/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22745608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001251

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3383741/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22745608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001251

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